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About Us

CLEAN
(Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network) has been established in 2010 with active participation of like-minded
persons and environmental groups of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. CLEAN inherits its ancestral organization Humanitywatch which was established in 1998.

We promote Local Ecology Based Adaptation
(LEBA) to ensure sustainable livelihoods of natural resource dependent coastal
communities through environmental protection. To this end, we work with
smallholders and women farmers, fisher folks, forest peoples, indigenous
communities, and other producers to protect natural resources like forests,
common water bodies, land resources, mineral resources and atmosphere from
grabbing by powerful groups including International Financial Institutes
(IFIs), corporate companies and vested interest groups. We also work with schoolteachers and students, academia, researchers, sociopolitical leaders, media, Local Government Institutes (LGIs) and local administrations to create enabling environment for people and the ecology.

We serve the natural resource dependent people in the sectors of Agriculture and Livelihoods, Climate Change,
Environment & Forest, Health & Population, Humanitarian Response, Socioeconomic Justice and Water Governance.LEGAL STATUS

CLEAN has been registered independentlyunder
Trust Act of Bangladesh vide registration number Khulna-324.

Mission: to ensure environment friendly sustainable
development and smallholder producers' rights through delivering essential
supports to the deprived communities, service delivery, social action research,
campaign and advocacy.

GOVERNANCE

CLEAN is governed by
5-members Steering Committee who are elected by 15-members Trustee Board for
every five years. The Trustees represent the
society's most intellectual part from all over the coastal zone of Bangladesh. The Steering Committee sits quarterly while the Trustee Board sits half-yearly to assess the progress of programmes and endorse activities, financial dealings and future plans. Annual General Meeting of the Trustee Board is the highest authority of CLEAN to approve annual programmes, activities, financial reports and future plans.